Test 5 · ★★★ · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret
Mum, when you come home upset: "If you hear something about yourself, come and tell me." Why does she say this?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, you · What happens: come, hear, tell, say · To what, where: something, me, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Mum, when you come home upset: "If you hear something about yourself, come and tell me."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 come | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 come | nsubj |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 come | xcomp |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 hear | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 hear | punct |
| 10 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 hear | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 hear | nsubj |
| 12 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | conj |
| 13 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 hear | obj |
| 14 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 yourself | case |
| 15 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 something | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 come | punct |
| 17 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 hear | parataxis |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 tell | cc |
| 19 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 come | conj |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 tell | iobj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Mum | home, upset property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hear a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | something | about yourself | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | come in a quote | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Why does she say this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 say | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Mum | this | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Because the rumour must be true then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 true | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rumour | det |
| 3 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 true | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 true | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 true | cop |
| 6 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 true | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | the rumour | then | true property | tree rules |
Option 2
So she can go and shout at the kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 shout | cc |
| 6 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 kids | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 kids | det |
| 9 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | can | she | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | infinitive | she not said here | at the kids | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
So she can spread it to other mums
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 spread | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 spread | aux |
| 4 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spread | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 mums | case |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mums | amod |
| 8 | mums | mum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | can | she | it | to other mums | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You don't have to deal with it alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 deal | mark |
| 6 | deal | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 deal | obl |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 deal | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · do-support | You | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | deal | to-infinitive | You not said here | with it; alone property | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=Theme |
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